Last Thursday was the date to pick up the Girl Scout Cookies. Since I am the cookie manager for 2 troops (don't ask how I get myself into these things!), it was a lot of cookies to pick up. Luckily, these troops are pretty small or it would have been worse! My sweet parents (thanks Mom and Dad) offered to help me sort the cookies when I got home. Yes, this event requires a vacation day to handle! My 2nd garage was bombarded with cookies so that Charles couldn't get his truck anywhere near it. I warned him not to touch my stacks of cookies! Luckily, that night the other troops Mom's came by and picked up there cookies. We've delivered almost all of the cookies Shauna sold and are working on selling our extras. My dining room is being used to store the cookies Shauna sold and our extras. It looks like Girl Scouts threw up cookies in it!
As you know, I'm new to the bloggy world, but I will make somewhat of an attempt to abide by Kimbo's challenge.
The Meme (what DOES that word MEAN?): 10 Quirks About You
This is a twist on the Honest Scrap Award as you can see by the yes, you guessed it, More Rules:
From Momma Val - "Instead of saying where you live, what state your hair is in, etc. you will share bizarre little things about yourself. Maybe you have some guilty pleasures, maybe you have some OCD that you desperately try to hide, whatever the case may be this is your chance to spill it. Let's all remember to be honest, not to judge, and to have some fun being able to embrace our oddities and laugh at ourselves. Thought this might be a nice mid-week tension reliever.So please, if you are tagged, copy and paste this entire post. Then replace my quirks with your own and tag up to ten people, unless you have A LOT of quirky friends then tag em all!!! Have fun!"
The 10 bloggers I would to tag for the 10 Quirks About You Meme are: LaRay, AJsMom, AJSDad (I don't know anymore to do so I'm cheating with 3.)
In the spirit of fun, I will be a good sport and share 10 quirks about me.
1. I must have my spices in alphabetical order in my pantry.
2. I can wiggle my ears. This used to be a fun talent my parents made me show off when I was a kid!
3. I MUST read every night before I go to sleep or I just can't sleep!
4. My favorite chocolates are Dove Promises and I must SAVOR them, taking exactly 3 bites of each. There's a routine to eating them.
5. When I eat a Dove Promise, I must fold up the foil wrapper in a specific manner until it is a little square. Gosh, that sounds weird!
6. I eat my sandwiches in a circle - eat all the crust first followed by the insides.
7. I still talk to my parents almost every day (sometimes more than once a day).
8. I can't stand green beans - I mean to the point of gagging if I even smell them!
9. I do not like my food to touch each other on my plate.
10. When I drink milk it must be ice cold, so I put it in the freezer for a few minutes first.
(Okay, so what was up with all the food quirks???)
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
I Can See!!
Had a follow-up at the eye doctor yesterday afternoon to see if I could change the multifocal contact lense because my reading still wasn't where I'd want it. I tried reading for the tech with the old contact. At this point, she looks at me really funny and says "how old are you?". I guess I was pulling my arms too far out to read! I kind of quietly said "44". She said "You are WAY too young to have these kinds of problems".. Whew... at least that was kind of a compliment!! So, we tried a bit stronger contact. Then, tried a contact in both eyes but that messed up my distance vision. We went with one stronger contact in the right eye and I LOVE IT!!! I can see my computer monitor and read without glasses!! Now, it won't be obvious to strangers I have the "over 40" eyes! I'm sure AJSDAD will have a snide comment about that last statement!
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Can I have some Peace??
What a crazy week already!! Monday night my dear hubbie started back to school and just so happened on the same evening, Ethan's car broke down. So, between me and my dad we worked on it and ended up towing it home. It needs a new starter, which we ordered yesterday. It's always something when you own a classic!
Last night while we were upstairs helping Charles with homework, Furbaby #2 (Holly), got a casserole dish that we'd cooked meatloaf in off the counter, where it was waiting for Ethan to wash it. When she got it off the counter, it broke into pieces. I came downstairs to find blood EVERYWHERE!!! She apparently had decided to still try to lick the yummy stuff out of the broken casserole and had cut up her tongue and mouth. It scared me to death! it looked like a major crime had occurred in my kitchen. Of course, I don't think she understood at all why Mommy was freaking out! Thank God though, she is okay and had just limited herself to my kitchen, where it was easy to clean. But, let me just share that the tongue in a dog sure does bleed A LOT!!! Ethan learned a lesson that he has to do dishes right away with her around! Yes, my teenage son does dishes! In our house, whoever cooks doesn't do dishes. Many nights he'll choose to cook instead of having to do the dishes. He will make someone a great husband one day!
Charles is back in class again tonight and I hope it's a much calmer evening!
On a side note, I am so proud of Shauna. She got selected by her school to represent them at PSIA competition in the categories of Storytelling and Creative Writing. The competition is next month!
Last night while we were upstairs helping Charles with homework, Furbaby #2 (Holly), got a casserole dish that we'd cooked meatloaf in off the counter, where it was waiting for Ethan to wash it. When she got it off the counter, it broke into pieces. I came downstairs to find blood EVERYWHERE!!! She apparently had decided to still try to lick the yummy stuff out of the broken casserole and had cut up her tongue and mouth. It scared me to death! it looked like a major crime had occurred in my kitchen. Of course, I don't think she understood at all why Mommy was freaking out! Thank God though, she is okay and had just limited herself to my kitchen, where it was easy to clean. But, let me just share that the tongue in a dog sure does bleed A LOT!!! Ethan learned a lesson that he has to do dishes right away with her around! Yes, my teenage son does dishes! In our house, whoever cooks doesn't do dishes. Many nights he'll choose to cook instead of having to do the dishes. He will make someone a great husband one day!
Charles is back in class again tonight and I hope it's a much calmer evening!
On a side note, I am so proud of Shauna. She got selected by her school to represent them at PSIA competition in the categories of Storytelling and Creative Writing. The competition is next month!
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